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Discussion on: Of bad feedback and one-upper coders

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J3ffJessie

I hate this type of feedback and comments as well. Usually most of the replies and comments are from people who see themselves as elitists. However, they really don't know what they are talking about. Like you mentioned, the comment on your husbands post didn't even pass through the compiler. Could that code be better suited than what your husbands solution is? Possibly, and there is a right way to provide that feedback. What I have come to learn in this career is to honestly ignore most of the negative comments and steer towards the individuals that provide positive feedback and constructive feedback that actually explains the reasoning why code isn't correct or an approach could be better.

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Elizabeth Sønnichsen

That's what my husband husband said as well and showed me that specific comment on the Rust subreddit as an example after I got some mostly unhelpful feedback.

I suppose there is a lot of room for snobbery in programming, which is unfortunate, because I would imagine a lot of these people in real life can't afford to be this antisocial. I suppose one powergrabs where they can.

Cheers for the comment.

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J3ffJessie

That’s exactly how I look at it. Those that have to try and impress or put others down have their own issues. I try to be helpful and receptive to feedback to grow. Makes the world a much easier place when we work together to make things work.